LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3037
FOR ANSWER ON 06/08/2018
R&D PROJECTS IN STEEL SECTOR
- DR. SHASHI THAROOR:
Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware that there is an urgent need for Research
and Development (R&D) in the Iron & Steel sector to increase steel production in
order to sustain the target of 300 million tonne production capacity by 2030;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken by the Government to
improve R&D in the aforesaid sector;
(c) the details of steel PSUs as well as private sector companies that are
allocating at least 1% of their sales turnover towards Research and Development
activities; and
(d) whether the Government proposes the formulation of a Special Steel
Development Fund for R&D in Steel production to be used in highly specialised areas
such as defence, space, atomic energy in order to increase quality and to boost
domestic industry, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)
(a)&(b): Yes, Madam. The National Steel Policy, 2017 has envisaged research as
one of the interventions for long term growth & sustainability of the Indian steel
sector. Ministry of Steel is supporting the R&D efforts of the research laboratories
and academic institutions for carrying out steel & steel related research. List of R&D
projects supported by Ministry of Steel during the last three years is annexed.
Research & Development is also carried out by the steel companies.
(c) Research & Development expenditure of the steel companies ranges 0.05% to
0.5% of the sales turnover.
(d) No, Madam.
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Annexure
List of R&D projects supported by Ministry of Steel during the last three years
(in Rs lakhs)
Sl.
No.
R&D Projects Sanctioned
Government
Funding
1 Development of Pilot Scale Pelletization Technology for Indian
Goethitic/ Hematite Ores with Varying Degrees of Fineness.
2206.27
2 Development of Automation System for Optimum Coal Blending at
Coal Handling Plant of Coke Oven Batteries.
645.00
3 Economic production of iron through direct reduction of Mill Scale by
low grade coal of Rajasthan.
166.00
4 Develop Procedure for Joining Next Generation High Temperature
Material to be used for Supercritical/ Ultra Supercritical Power Plant
by Friction Stir Welding.
558.26
5 Development of Cost Effective Refractory Lining Materials for
Induction Melting Furnace suitable for production of Quality Steel.
165.00
6 Development of Dry Slag Granulation Technology and Energy
Recovery System for Blast Furnace Slag for Producing Clinker
Compatible Product.
84.37
7 Development of Infrared Camera Based Torpedo Ladle Car Condition
Monitoring System.
154.00
8 Development of nickel free nitrogen austenitic stainless steel for
biomedical applications.
284.45
9 Indigenous Development of Model based Breakout Prediction System
(BOPS) for Continuous Casters.
260.00
10 Development of Fluidised Bed Reduction Roasting Process for slimes
& low grade iron ores by utilizing thermal grade coal for their magnetic
susceptibility properties and maximizing the iron recovery.
122.76
11 Production of low Carbon & low Phosphorus Ferromanganese by
metallothermic treatment of high Manganese Slag using
Silicomanganese.
150.00
12 Reduction Roasting and Microwave Heating of some difficult to treat
Ores for the production of Pellet Feed Concentrate.
124.80
13 Modeling & Optimization of High Concentration Iron Ore fines
/concentrate slurry Pipelines for Indian Iron Ore Processing
Industries.
212.50
14 Production of highly metallised Directly Reduced Iron from mill scale
& lean grade coal in Tunnel Kiln.
151.00
15 Development of a cost effective green technology for Pre Reduction
of Chromite Ore in Tunnel Kiln and Production of High Carbon Ferro
Chrome in SAF.
306.50
16 A Novel Approach of Making Green Belite Cement from Electric Arc
Furnace Steel Making Slag.
139.20
17 Amorphous Electrical Steel (AES) for Energy Application submitted by
NML Jamshedpur.
3634.00
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